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Some terms used in everyday English have a different meaning in the context of the Catholic faith, including brother, confession, confirmation, exemption, faithful, father, ordinary, religious, sister, venerable, and vow. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="A">A</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: A"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Abbess" title="Abbess">Abbess</a></b> – the female head of a community of nuns (abbey)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Abbot" title="Abbot">Abbot</a></b> – the male head of a community of monks (monastery)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Acolyte" title="Acolyte">Acolyte</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Actual_grace" class="mw-redirect" title="Actual grace">Actual grace</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ad_limina_visits" class="mw-redirect" title="Ad limina visits">Ad limina visits</a></b> – visit by diocesan bishop to the Holy See, usually every five years</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Alexandrian_Rite" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexandrian Rite">Alexandrian Rite</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Altar" title="Altar">Altar</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Altar_server" title="Altar server">Altar server</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Altarage" title="Altarage">Altarage</a></b> – the revenue reserved for the chaplain (altarist or altar-thane) in contradistinction to the income of the parish priest, it came to signify the fees received by a priest from the laity when discharging any function for them</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pulpit" title="Pulpit">Ambo</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ambry" title="Ambry">Ambry</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Amovibility" title="Amovibility">Amovibility</a></b></li> <li><b>Annulment</b> – <i>see: Declaration of Nullity (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic administrator">Apostolic administrator</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Chancery" title="Apostolic Chancery">Apostolic Chancery</a></b> – a former office of the Roman Curia</li> <li><b>Apostolic life, Society of</b> – <i>see: Society of apostolic life (below)</i></li> <li><b>Apostolic nuncio</b> – <i>see: Nuncio (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_prefect" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic prefect">Apostolic prefect</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_succession" title="Apostolic succession">Apostolic succession</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_vicar" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic vicar">Apostolic vicar</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Apse" title="Apse">Apse</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a></b> – the bishop of an archdiocese, with limited jurisdiction over his suffragan sees; a titular and largely honorary designation granted to certain bishops, often Nuncios and other members of the Holy See diplomatic corps</li> <li><b>Archpriest (Latin Church)</b> – <i>see: Vicar Forane (below)</i></li> <li>'<i><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_bishop" title="Auxiliary bishop">Auxiliary bishop</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="B">B</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: B"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">Baptism</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Baptism_of_Jesus" title="Baptism of Jesus">Baptism of Jesus</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Baptismal_font" title="Baptismal font">Baptismal font</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Beatification" title="Beatification">Beatification</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop (Catholic Church)">Bishop</a></b> – an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith, ruling the Church, and sanctifying her people.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bishop_emeritus" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop emeritus">Bishop emeritus</a></b> (or Archbishop emeritus) – the title given to a retired bishop or archbishop</li> <li><b>Bishops' conference</b> – <i>see: Episcopal conference (below)</i></li> <li><b>Blessed (beatified person)</b> – <i>see: Beatification (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Brother_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brother (Catholic)">Brother</a></b> – a male lay member of a Catholic <a href="/wiki/Religious_institute" title="Religious institute">religious institute</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine Rite</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="C">C</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: C"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Canon_law_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canon law (Catholic Church)">Canon law</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)">Cardinal</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Vicar" title="Cardinal Vicar">Cardinal Vicar</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a></b> – the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioural characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Catechism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Catechism of the Catholic Church">Catechism</a></b> – a document containing an approved exposition of Church teachings</li> <li><b>Chancery, Apostolic</b> – <i>see: Apostolic Chancery (above)</i></li> <li><b>Chancery, Diocesan</b> – <i>see: Diocesan chancery (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_His_Holiness" title="Chaplain of His Holiness">Chaplain of His Holiness</a></b></li> <li><b>Clergy, Regular</b> – <i>see: Regular clergy (below)</i></li> <li><b>Clergy, Secular</b> – <i>see: Secular clergy (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Coadjutor_bishop" title="Coadjutor bishop">Coadjutor bishop</a></b> – an auxiliary bishop with the legal right of succession to the see of which he is coadjutor</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1917_Code_of_Canon_Law" title="1917 Code of Canon Law">Code of Canon Law, 1917</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1983_Code_of_Canon_Law" title="1983 Code of Canon Law">Code of Canon Law, 1983</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Code_of_Canons_of_the_Eastern_Churches" title="Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches">Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/College_of_Cardinals" title="College of Cardinals">College of Cardinals</a></b></li> <li><b>College of <a href="/wiki/Consultor" title="Consultor">Consultors</a></b></li> <li><b>Communion</b> – <i>see: Eucharist (below) and Full communion (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Communion_rite" class="mw-redirect" title="Communion rite">Communion rite</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Communion_of_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Communion of Saints">Communion of Saints</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Conclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Conclave">Conclave</a></b></li> <li><b>Confession</b> – <i>see: Sacrament of Penance (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Confirmation" title="Confirmation">Confirmation</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Religious_congregation" title="Religious congregation">Congregation, Religious</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Congregation_(Roman_Curia)" title="Congregation (Roman Curia)">Congregation (Roman Curia)</a></b></li> <li><b>Congregation, Sacred</b> – <i>see: Congregation (Roman Curia) (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Consecrated_life" title="Consecrated life">Consecrated life</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Consecrated_life_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Consecrated life (Catholic Church)">Consecrated life (Catholic Church)</a></b></li> <li><b>Consecrated life, Institute of</b> – <i>see: Institute of consecrated life (below)</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Juris_Canonici" title="Corpus Juris Canonici">Corpus Juris Canonici</a></b></i></li> <li><b>Council, Pontifical</b> – <i>see: Pontifical Council (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Counter-Reformation" title="Counter-Reformation">Counter-Reformation</a></b> – the period of Catholic revival beginning with the Council of Trent and ending at the close of the Thirty Years' War.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Credence_table" title="Credence table">Credence table</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Crosier" class="mw-redirect" title="Crosier">Crosier</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Crucifix" title="Crucifix">Crucifix</a></b></li> <li><b>Curia, Moderator of the</b> – <i>see: Moderator of the Curia (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Curia_(Roman_Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Curia (Roman Catholic Church)">Curia</a></b></li> <li><b>Curia, Roman</b> – <i>see: Roman Curia (below)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="D">D</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: D"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deacon" title="Deacon">Deacon</a></b></li> <li><b>Dean</b> – <i>see: Vicar forane (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Annulment_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Annulment (Catholic Church)">Declaration of Nullity</a></b> – a canonical judicial sentence declaring that the matrimonial covenant was invalid from the beginning due to impediments or defect of consent</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Definitor" title="Definitor">Definitor</a></b></li> <li><b>Diaconate</b> – <i>see: Deacon (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Dicastery" title="Dicastery">Dicastery</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diocesan_administrator" title="Diocesan administrator">Diocesan administrator</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diocesan_bishop" title="Diocesan bishop">Diocesan bishop</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diocesan_chancery" title="Diocesan chancery">Diocesan chancery</a></b></li> <li><b>Diocesan curia</b> – <i>see: "Curia (Roman Catholic Church)" (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Divine_Liturgy" title="Divine Liturgy">Divine Liturgy</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diocesan_priest" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocesan priest">Diocesan priest</a></b></li> <li><b>Diocesan tribunal</b> – <i>see: Tribunal (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Discalceation" class="mw-redirect" title="Discalceation">Discalceation</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Veneration#Roman_Catholic,_Orthodox" title="Veneration">Dulia</a></b> – <i>see also: Hyperdulia (below)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="E">E</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: E"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism" title="East–West Schism">East–West Schism</a></b> – forcibly divided medieval Christianity's Eastern (Greek) from its Western (Latin) jurisdiction, which later became known as the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, respectively</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic Churches</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/East_Syriac_Rite" title="East Syriac Rite">East Syriac Rite</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_Judge" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecclesiastical Judge">Ecclesiastical judge</a></b></li> <li><b>Eminence</b> – <i>see: His Eminence (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Encyclical" title="Encyclical">Encyclical</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Eparchy" title="Eparchy">Eparchy</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_conference" title="Episcopal conference">Episcopal conference</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_see" title="Episcopal see">Episcopal see</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_vicar" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopal vicar">Episcopal vicar</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Eucharist</a></b> – a Christian sacrament, generally considered to be a commemoration of the Last Supper, in which Jesus Christ shared his Body and Blood with his disciples before his betrayal and crucifixion</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Exarch" title="Exarch">Exarch</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Excardination" class="mw-redirect" title="Excardination">Excardination</a></b> – <i>see also: Incardination</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Excitator" title="Excitator">Excitator</a></b> – the excitator in <a href="/wiki/Seminary" title="Seminary">seminaries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monasteries</a> and <a href="/wiki/Convent" title="Convent">convents</a> was the person charged with the job of awakening community members each morning.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Exclaustration" title="Exclaustration">Exclaustration</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Excommunication" title="Excommunication">Excommunication</a></b> – a medicinal religious penalty that bars the person from reception of the sacraments, the rights of office, and other privileges in the Church</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Exemption_(church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Exemption (church)">Exemption</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Exorcism#Catholicism" title="Exorcism">Exorcism</a></b> – the practice of expelling demons from a person, place, or thing which they are believed to possess or inhabit</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="F">F</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: F"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="anchor" id="faithful"></span><b>Faithful</b> – the collective members of the church incorporated into it through sacramental baptism.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECIC1983[httpwwwvaticanvaarchiveENG1104_PTHTM210000204_c.&nbsp;204]_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECIC1983[httpwwwvaticanvaarchiveENG1104_PTHTM210000204_c.&nbsp;204]-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Man" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall of Man">Fall of Man</a></b> – the willful transition of the first humans from a state of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Original_holiness&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Original holiness (page does not exist)">original holiness</a>, in communion with God, to a state of guilt and perennial disobedience</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Family_wage#United_States" title="Family wage">Family wage</a></b></li> <li><b>Father (cleric)</b> – a traditional title of priests</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/God_the_Father#Christianity" title="God the Father">Father, God the</a></b> – a name for the First Person of the Blessed Trinity</li> <li><b>Five Ways</b> – <i>see:</i> Quinque Viæ <i>(below)</i></li> <li><b>Font, Baptismal</b> – <i>see: Baptismal font (above)</i></li> <li><b>Font, Holy water</b> – <i>see: Holy water font (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Friar" title="Friar">Friar</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Full_communion" title="Full communion">Full communion</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="G">G</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: G"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Grace (Christianity)</b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Grace_(prayer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grace (prayer)">Grace (prayer)</a></b></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div 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and is the preeminent <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_see" title="Episcopal see">episcopal see</a> of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Holy_water_font" title="Holy water font">Holy water font</a></b> (or stoup) (church)</li> <li><b>Holy water stoup (home)</b> – <i>see: Home stoup (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Home_stoup" title="Home stoup">Home stoup</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Honorary_Prelate" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorary Prelate">Honorary Prelate</a></b></li> <li><b>Horarium</b> – the schedule of daily prayers for those living in a religious community or <a href="/wiki/Seminary" title="Seminary">seminary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> See also <a href="/wiki/Liturgy_of_the_Hours" title="Liturgy of the Hours">Liturgy of the Hours</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hyperdulia" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyperdulia">Hyperdulia</a></b> – veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary <i>see also: dulia</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hypostasis_(philosophy_and_religion)" title="Hypostasis (philosophy and religion)">Hypostasis</a></b> – in Jesus Christ, the union of two natures, divine and human, in the one divine person of the Son of God</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="I">I</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a></b> – the dogma that Mary was conceived without original sin (not to be confused with the Incarnation of Christ)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Incardination" class="mw-redirect" title="Incardination">Incardination</a></b> – <i>see also: excardination (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Incarnation_(Christianity)" title="Incarnation (Christianity)">Incarnation</a></b> – the Word of God taking on a human nature and becoming true man, Jesus Christ (not to be confused with the Immaculate Conception of Mary)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Institute_of_consecrated_life" title="Institute of consecrated life">Institute of consecrated life</a></b></li> <li><b>Institute, Religious</b> – <i>see: Religious institute (below)</i></li> <li><b>Institute, Secular</b> – <i>see: Secular institute (below)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="J">J</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: J"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Judicial_vicar" title="Judicial vicar">Judicial vicar</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Just_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Just war">Just War doctrine</a></b></li> <li>Jesus</li> <li>Jehovah's Witnesses</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="L">L</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: L"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Laity" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Laity">Laity</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lapsed_Catholic" title="Lapsed Catholic">Lapsed Catholic</a></b> – a Catholic who has ceased practising the Catholic faith.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Latin_liturgical_rites" title="Latin liturgical rites">Latin liturgical rites</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Canon_law_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canon law (Catholic Church)">Law, canon</a></b> – <i>see: Canon law (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lay_communion" title="Lay communion">Lay communion</a></b> – the status of a cleric who is in communion with the Church, but only with the standing of a lay person.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lay_ecclesial_ministry" title="Lay ecclesial ministry">Lay ecclesial ministry</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lectio_Divina" title="Lectio Divina">Lectio Divina</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lectionary" title="Lectionary">Lectionary</a></b></li> <li><b>Lector</b> – <i>see: Reader (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Limbo" title="Limbo">Limbo</a></b> – an idea of speculative theology about the afterlife condition of those unbaptized who die in Original Sin rather than assigning them to the Hell of the damned. Limbo is not a formally defined doctrine of the Catholic Church</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Latria" title="Latria">Latria</a></b> – worship and prayer owed to God alone</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Liturgy" title="Liturgy">Liturgy</a></b> – public worship</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Local_ordinary" class="mw-redirect" title="Local ordinary">Local ordinary</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="M">M</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: M"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">Mass</a></b> – the usual English-language name for the Eucharistic celebration in the <a href="/wiki/Latin_liturgical_rites" title="Latin liturgical rites">Latin liturgical rites</a> of the Catholic Church</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Mariology" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Mariology">Mariology</a></b> – the theology concerned with the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mediatrix" title="Mediatrix">Mediatrix</a></b> – the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a mediator in the salvation process</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_bishop#Roman_Catholic" title="Metropolitan bishop">Metropolitan archbishop</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Military_ordinariate" title="Military ordinariate">Military ordinariate</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Missal" title="Missal">Missal</a></b></li> <li><b>Missal, Roman</b> – <i>see: Roman Missal (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mission_sui_juris" class="mw-redirect" title="Mission sui juris">Mission sui juris</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mitre" title="Mitre">Mitre</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">Monk</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Monsignor" title="Monsignor">Monsignor</a></b></li> <li><b>Most Holy Trinity</b> – <i>see:Trinity (below)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="N">N</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: N"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Narthex" title="Narthex">Narthex</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nave" title="Nave">Nave</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Catholic_novitiate" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic novitiate">Novitiate</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nun#Christianity" title="Nun">Nun</a></b> – <i>see also: Sister (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nuncio" title="Nuncio">Nuncio</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="O">O</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/wiki/Parish_(Catholic_Church)" title="Parish (Catholic Church)">Parish</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Parishioner" class="mw-redirect" title="Parishioner">Parishioner</a></b> – <i>churchgoer</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pastor" title="Pastor">Pastor</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarch</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Patriarchate" title="Patriarchate">Patriarchate</a></b></li> <li><b>Penance</b> – <i>see: Sacrament of Penance (below)</i></li> <li><b>Permanent deacon</b> – <i>see: Deacon (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Personal_ordinariate" title="Personal ordinariate">Personal ordinariate</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Personal_prelature" title="Personal prelature">Personal prelature</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pew" title="Pew">Pew</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pontiff" title="Pontiff">Pontiff</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical Council">Pontifical Council</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a></b></li> <li><b>Prefect apostolic</b> – <i>see: Apostolic prefect (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Prelate" title="Prelate">Prelate</a></b></li> <li><b>Prelate, Honorary</b> – <i>see: Honorary Prelate (above)</i></li> <li><b>Prelature, Personal</b> – <i>see: Personal prelature (above)</i></li> <li><b>Prelature, Territorial</b> – <i>see: Territorial prelature (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Priesthood (Catholic Church)">Priest</a></b></li> <li><b>Priest, Diocesan</b> – <i>see: Diocesan priest (above)</i></li> <li><b>Priest, Religious</b> – <i>see: Regular clergy (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Prior_(ecclesiastical)" title="Prior (ecclesiastical)">Prior</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Prioress" class="mw-redirect" title="Prioress">Prioress</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Protonotary_apostolic" title="Protonotary apostolic">Protonotary apostolic</a></b></li> <li><b>Pulpit</b> – <i>see: Ambo (above)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Q">Q</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Q"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Quinque_viae" class="mw-redirect" title="Quinque viae">Quinque Viæ</a></b></i> – Aquinas' famous philosophical proofs for the existence of God found in his <i>Summa Theologiæ</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="R">R</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: R"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ratum_sed_non_consummatum" title="Ratum sed non consummatum">Ratum sed non consummatum</a></b></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Reader_(liturgy)" title="Reader (liturgy)">Reader</a></b></li> <li><b>Reconciliation</b> – <i>see: Sacrament of Penance (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rector_(ecclesiastical)" title="Rector (ecclesiastical)">Rector</a></b> (cathedral or seminary)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Regular_clergy" title="Regular clergy">Regular clergy</a></b></li> <li><b>Religious</b></li> <li><b>Religious brother</b> – <i>see: Brother (above)</i></li> <li><b>Religious congregation</b> – <i>see: Congregation, Religious (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Religious_institute_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious institute (Catholic)">Religious institute (Catholic)</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Catholic_religious_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic religious order">Religious order</a></b></li> <li><b>Religious priest</b> – <i>see: Regular clergy (above)</i></li> <li><b>Rite to Being</b> – the rite of being left alone to pray to Jesus Christ</li> <li><b>Religious sister</b> – <i>see: Sister (below)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Right_of_Option" title="Right of Option">Right of Option</a></b> – a way of obtaining a benefice or a title, by the choice of the new titulary</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_(term)" title="Roman Catholic (term)">Roman Catholic</a></b> – the Roman rite of the Catholic Church.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a></b> – "the complex of dicasteries and institutes that help the Roman Pontiff in the exercise of his supreme pastoral function for the good and service of the whole Church and of the particular Churches"<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Roman_Missal" title="Roman Missal">Roman Missal</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="S">S</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: S"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Sacrament_of_Penance" title="Sacrament of Penance">Sacrament of Penance</a></b> – commonly called Confession, Reconciliation or Penance, becoming free of sin by confession and repentance</li> <li><b>Sacred congregation</b> – <i>see: Congregation (Roman Curia) (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sacred_tradition" title="Sacred tradition">Sacred Tradition</a></b></li> <li><b>Saints, Communion of</b> – <i>see: Communion of Saints (above)</i></li> <li><b>Sanctifying grace</b> – <i>see: Grace (Christianity) (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sanctuary" title="Sanctuary">Sanctuary</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Secular_clergy" title="Secular clergy">Secular clergy</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Secular_institute" title="Secular institute">Secular institute</a></b></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sede_vacante" title="Sede vacante">Sede vacante</a></b></i></li> <li><b>See, Episcopal</b> – <i>see: Episcopal see (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Seminary" title="Seminary">Seminarian</a></b></li> <li><b>Server</b> – <i>see: Altar server (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Side_altar" title="Side altar">Side altar</a></b></li> <li><b>Simple vow</b> – any vow which is not a solemn vow</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Religious_sister" title="Religious sister">Sister</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Society_of_apostolic_life" title="Society of apostolic life">Society of apostolic life</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Solemn_vow" title="Solemn vow">Solemn vow</a></b></li> <li><b>Stoup, Holy water</b> – <i>see: Holy water font (above) and Home stoup (above)</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Summa_Theologi%C3%A6" class="mw-redirect" title="Summa Theologiæ">Summa Theologiæ</a></b></i> – a theological work by Thomas Aquinas</li> <li><b>Supreme Pontiff</b> – <i>see: Pontiff (above)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="T">T</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: T"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Territorial_prelature" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial prelature">Territorial prelature</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Titular_bishop" title="Titular bishop">Titular bishop</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Titular_church" title="Titular church">Titular church</a></b></li> <li><b>Tradition, Sacred</b> – <i>see: Sacred Tradition (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Transept" title="Transept">Transept</a></b></li> <li><b>Transitional deacon</b><i>see: Deacon (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Transubstantiation" title="Transubstantiation">Transubstantiation</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tribunal#Catholic_Church" title="Tribunal">Tribunal</a></b> – an ecclesiastical court</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a>, The</b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U">U</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: U"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Universal Church</b> – title that refers to the Catholic Church. From Greek '<i><b>katholikos</b></i> 'universal' from<b> </b><i>kata</i> 'in respect of' + <i>holos</i> 'whole'.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="V">V</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: V"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Vacant see</b> – <i>see: Sede vacante (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Venerable#Catholic" title="The Venerable">Venerable</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vatican_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Vatican (disambiguation)">Vatican (disambiguation)</a></b></li> <li><b>Vicar apostolic</b> – <i>see: Apostolic vicar (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vicar_forane" class="mw-redirect" title="Vicar forane">Vicar forane</a></b> – also known as "dean" or, in the Latin Church, "archpriest"<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vicar_general" title="Vicar general">Vicar general</a></b></li> <li><b>Vicar, judicial</b> – <i>see: Judicial vicar (above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vicar_of_Christ" title="Vicar of Christ">Vicar of Christ</a></b></li> <li><b>Vow</b> – <i>see: Simple vow (above) or Solemn vow (above)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="W">W</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: W"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Wage, Family</b> – <i>see: Family wage (above)</i></li> <li><b>War, just</b> – <i>see: Just war (above)</i></li> <li><b>Ways, Five</b> – <i>see: Quinque Viæ(above)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/West_Syriac_Rite" title="West Syriac Rite">West Syriac Rite</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_the_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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title="God in Christianity">God</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God" title="Kingship and kingdom of God">Kingdom</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_theology_on_the_body" title="Catholic theology on the body">Body and soul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_grace" title="Divine grace">Divine grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dogma_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Dogma in the Catholic Church">Dogma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Original_sin" title="Original sin">Original sin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_saints" title="List of Catholic saints">Saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvation_in_Christianity" title="Salvation in Christianity">Salvation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mount" title="Sermon on the Mount">Sermon on the Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Commandments_in_Catholic_theology" title="Ten Commandments in Catholic theology">Ten Commandments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate">Vulgate</a></li> <li>Official Bible <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sixtine_Vulgate" title="Sixtine Vulgate">Sixtine Vulgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixto-Clementine_Vulgate" title="Sixto-Clementine Vulgate">Sixto-Clementine Vulgate</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nova_Vulgata" title="Nova Vulgata">Nova Vulgata</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_worship" title="Christian worship">Worship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecclesiology" title="Catholic ecclesiology">Ecclesiology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Communitas_perfecta" title="Communitas perfecta">Communitas perfecta</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecumenical_councils" title="Catholic ecumenical councils">Councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_ecumenism" title="Catholic Church and ecumenism">Ecumenism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Marks_of_the_Church" title="Four Marks of the Church">Four marks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/One_true_church" title="One true church">One true church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholicity" title="Catholicity">Catholic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infallibility_of_the_Church" title="Infallibility of the Church">Infallibility</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mystici_Corporis_Christi" title="Mystici Corporis Christi">Mystici Corporis Christi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People_of_God" title="People of God">People of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churches_Militant,_Penitent,_and_Triumphant" title="Churches Militant, Penitent, and Triumphant">Three states</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Subsistit_in" title="Subsistit in">Subsistit in</a></i></li> <li><a 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Church">Anointing of the Sick</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Last_rites" title="Last rites">Last rites</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_orders_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Holy orders in the Catholic Church">Holy orders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Marriage in the Catholic Church">Matrimony</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Mariology" title="Catholic Mariology">Mariology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Catholic_Mariology" title="History of Catholic Mariology">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_the_popes" title="Mariology of the popes">Mariology of the popes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_the_saints" title="Mariology of the saints">Mariology of the saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Mother of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_virginity_of_Mary" title="Perpetual virginity of Mary">Perpetual virginity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veneration_of_Mary_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church">Veneration</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephology" title="Josephology">Josephology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christian_philosophy" title="Christian philosophy">Philosophy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Natural_law" title="Natural law">Natural law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_moral_theology" title="Catholic moral theology">Moral theology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personalism_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Personalism (Catholic)">Personalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_social_teaching" title="Catholic social teaching">Social teaching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_philosophers_and_theologians" title="List of Catholic philosophers and theologians">Philosophers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_theology,_and_fundamental_theory_of_Catholic_canon_law" title="Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law">Philosophy of canon law</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_the_Catholic_Church" title="Science and the Catholic Church">Science</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evolution_and_the_Catholic_Church" title="Evolution and the Catholic Church">Evolution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state" title="Separation of church and state">Separation of church and state</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Relations_between_the_Catholic_Church_and_the_state" title="Relations between the Catholic Church and the state">Relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_politics" title="Catholic Church and politics">Politics</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Saint_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint (Catholic)">Saints</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Family" title="Holy Family">Holy Family</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prophets_of_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophets of Christianity">Prophets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archangel" title="Archangel">Archangels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_martyr" title="Christian martyr">Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_the_Church" title="Doctor of the Church">Doctors of the Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Evangelists" title="Four Evangelists">Evangelists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confessor_of_the_Faith" title="Confessor of the Faith">Confessors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">Disciples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_(title)" title="Virgin (title)">Virgins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Organisation<br /><small><a href="/wiki/Hierarchy_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Hierarchy of the Catholic Church">Hierarchy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Canon_law_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Canon law of the Catholic Church">Canon law</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catholic_laity" title="Catholic laity">Laity</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Order of precedence in the Catholic Church">Precedence</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_by_country" title="Catholic Church by country">By country</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_popes" title="List of popes">List of popes</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a> <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecumenical_councils" title="Catholic ecumenical councils">Ecumenical councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Cardinals" title="College of Cardinals">College</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_cardinals" title="List of current cardinals">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Cardinal_Advisers" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Cardinal Advisers">Advisers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery" title="Dicastery">Dicasteries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Synod of Bishops in the Catholic Church">Synod of Bishops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Properties_of_the_Holy_See" title="Properties of the Holy See">Properties</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Vatican_City%E2%80%93related_articles" title="Index of Vatican City–related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Vatican_City" title="Outline of Vatican City">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Palace" title="Apostolic Palace">Apostolic Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateran_Treaty" title="Lateran Treaty">Lateran Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rota" title="Roman Rota">Roman Rota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Guard" title="Swiss Guard">Swiss Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museums" title="Vatican Museums">Vatican Museums</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Polity</a> (<a href="/wiki/Holy_orders_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Holy orders in the Catholic Church">Holy orders</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_(structured_view)" title="List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)">Diocese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_conference" title="Episcopal conference">Episcopal conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eparchy#Church_hierarchy" title="Eparchy">Eparchy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Bishops in the Catholic Church">Bishop</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_archbishop" title="Major archbishop">Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primate_(bishop)" title="Primate (bishop)">Primate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_bishop" title="Metropolitan bishop">Metropolitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocesan_bishop" title="Diocesan bishop">Diocesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coadjutor_bishop" title="Coadjutor bishop">Coadjutor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_bishop" title="Auxiliary bishop">Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titular_bishop" title="Titular bishop">Titular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_emeritus" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope emeritus">Emeritus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parish_(Catholic_Church)" title="Parish (Catholic Church)">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Priesthood in the Catholic Church">Priest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon" title="Deacon">Deacon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Consecrated_life" title="Consecrated life">Consecrated life</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religious_(Western_Christianity)" title="Religious (Western Christianity)">Religious</a>:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_(hierarchy)" title="Superior (hierarchy)">Superior</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbot" title="Abbot">Abbot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abbess" title="Abbess">Abbess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_general_(Christianity)" title="Superior general (Christianity)">General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_superior" title="Provincial superior">Provincial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prior_(ecclesiastical)" title="Prior (ecclesiastical)">Prior, Prioress</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_master_(order)" title="Grand master (order)">Grand master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_brother" title="Religious brother">Brother</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friar" title="Friar">Friar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">Monk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_sister" title="Religious sister">Sister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_nun" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic nun">Nun</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermit" title="Hermit">Hermit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novitiate" title="Novitiate">Novice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Novice_master" title="Novice master">Master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oblate" title="Oblate">Oblate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postulant" title="Postulant">Postulant</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_particular_churches_and_liturgical_rites" title="Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites">Particular churches</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Sui_iuris" title="Sui iuris">sui iuris</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic Churches</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Albanian Greek Catholic Church">Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Armenian Catholic Church">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Belarusian Greek Catholic Church">Belarusian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church">Bulgarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Church" title="Chaldean Catholic Church">Chaldean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Church" title="Coptic Catholic Church">Coptic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church_of_Croatia_and_Serbia" title="Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia">Croatian and Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Catholic_Church" title="Eritrean Catholic Church">Eritrean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Catholic_Church" title="Ethiopian Catholic Church">Ethiopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Georgia" title="Catholic Church in Georgia">Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Byzantine_Catholic_Church" title="Greek Byzantine Catholic Church">Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Hungarian Greek Catholic Church">Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italo-Albanian_Catholic_Church" title="Italo-Albanian Catholic Church">Italo-Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Macedonian Greek Catholic Church">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maronite_Church" title="Maronite Church">Maronite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Melkite Greek Catholic Church">Melkite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Romanian Greek Catholic Church">Romanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Russian Greek Catholic Church">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruthenian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church">Ruthenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Slovak Greek Catholic Church">Slovak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Catholic_Church" title="Syriac Catholic Church">Syriac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Syro-Malabar Catholic Church">Syro-Malabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malankara_Catholic_Church" title="Syro-Malankara Catholic Church">Syro-Malankara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church">Ukrainian</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_liturgy" title="Catholic liturgy">Catholic liturgy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_liturgy" title="Eastern Catholic liturgy">Eastern Catholic liturgy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandrian_liturgical_rites" title="Alexandrian liturgical rites">Alexandrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochene_Rite" title="Antiochene Rite">Antiochian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Syriac_Rite" title="East Syriac Rite">East Syriac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Syriac_Rite" title="West Syriac Rite">West Syriac</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malankara_Rite" title="Malankara Rite">Malankara</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_liturgical_rites" title="Latin liturgical rites">Latin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambrosian_Rite" title="Ambrosian Rite">Ambrosian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rite_of_Braga" title="Rite of Braga">Braga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozarabic_Rite" title="Mozarabic Rite">Mozarabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mass_of_Paul_VI" title="Mass of Paul VI">Paul VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tridentine_Mass" title="Tridentine Mass">Tridentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Use" title="Anglican Use">Anglican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaire_Use" title="Zaire Use">Zaire</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_art" title="Catholic art">Art</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marian_art_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Marian art in the Catholic Church">Marian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_artists" title="List of Catholic artists">Artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_writers" title="List of Catholic writers">Writers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_Catholic_church_buildings" title="Lists of Catholic church buildings">Church buildings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altarpiece" title="Altarpiece">Altarpieces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_Catholicism" title="Folk Catholicism">Folk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Library" title="Vatican Library">Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museums" title="Vatican Museums">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Catholic_music" title="Category:Catholic music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Holy_See" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Holy See">Distinctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Role_of_Christianity_in_civilization" title="Role of Christianity in civilization">Role in civilisation</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Criticism of the Catholic Church">Criticism of the Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Catholicism" title="Anti-Catholicism">Anti-Catholicism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Catholic_media" title="Category:Catholic media">Media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See_Press_Office" title="Holy See Press Office">Holy See Press Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Media" title="Vatican Media">Vatican Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_News" title="Vatican News">Vatican News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Television_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Television Center">Vatican Television Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Radio" title="Vatican Radio">Vatican Radio</a></li></ul></li> <li>Vatican Polyglot Press</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L%27Osservatore_Romano" title="L'Osservatore Romano">L'Osservatore Romano</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Acta_Apostolicae_Sedis" title="Acta Apostolicae Sedis">Acta Apostolicae Sedis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Annuario_Pontificio" title="Annuario Pontificio">Annuario Pontificio</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Religious_order_(Catholic)" title="Religious order (Catholic)">Religious orders</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Religious_institute" title="Religious institute">institutes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Society_of_apostolic_life" title="Society of apostolic life">societies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assumptionists" title="Assumptionists">Assumptionists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Annunciation_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary" title="Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary">Annonciades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustinians" title="Augustinians">Augustinians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Basil_the_Great" title="Order of Saint Basil the Great">Basilians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benedictines" title="Benedictines">Benedictines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehemites" title="Bethlehemites">Bethlehemites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Most_Holy_Annunciation" title="Order of the Most Holy Annunciation">Blue nuns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camaldolese" title="Camaldolese">Camaldoleses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camillians" title="Camillians">Camillians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmelites" title="Carmelites">Carmelites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carthusians" title="Carthusians">Carthusians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cistercians" title="Cistercians">Cistercians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poor_Clares" title="Poor Clares">Clarisses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conceptionists" title="Conceptionists">Conceptionists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canons_Regular_of_the_Order_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross">Crosiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order">Dominicans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franciscans" title="Franciscans">Franciscans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_Our_Lady_of_Charity_of_the_Good_Shepherd" title="Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd">Good Shepherd Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hieronymites" title="Hieronymites">Hieronymites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">Jesuits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legionaries_of_Christ" title="Legionaries of Christ">Legionaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary_of_Mercy" title="Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy">Mercedarians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Minims" title="Order of Minims">Minims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivetans" title="Olivetans">Olivetans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oratory_of_Saint_Philip_Neri" title="Oratory of Saint Philip Neri">Oratorians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piarists" title="Piarists">Piarists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premonstratensians" title="Premonstratensians">Premonstratensians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redemptoristines" title="Redemptoristines">Redemptoristines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Servite_Order" title="Servite Order">Servites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatines" title="Theatines">Theatines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trappists" title="Trappists">Trappists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinitarians" title="Trinitarians">Trinitarians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Visitation_of_Holy_Mary" title="Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary">Visitandines</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Association_of_the_Christian_faithful" title="Association of the Christian faithful">Associations<br />of the faithful</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Confraternity" title="Confraternity">Confraternities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_lay_organisations" title="Catholic lay organisations">Lay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Marian_movements_and_societies" title="Catholic Marian movements and societies">Marian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_youth_work" title="Catholic youth work">Youth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Movement_of_Christian_Workers" title="World Movement of Christian Workers">Workers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_order" title="Third order">Third orders</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Third_Order_of_Saint_Dominic" title="Third Order of Saint Dominic">Saint Dominic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lay_Carmelites" title="Lay Carmelites">Lay Carmelites</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secular_Order_of_Discalced_Carmelites" title="Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites">Discalced</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Order_of_Saint_Francis" title="Third Order of Saint Francis">Saint Francis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secular_Franciscan_Order" title="Secular Franciscan Order">Secular</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_order_(religious_society)#International" title="Military order (religious society)">Military orders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fimcap" title="Fimcap">Fimcap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Action" title="Catholic Action">Catholic Action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Charismatic_Renewal" title="Catholic Charismatic Renewal">Charismatic Renewal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communion_and_Liberation" title="Communion and Liberation">Communion and Liberation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_of_Sant%27Egidio" 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